Our Sustainable Transport Experts
Sujith Kollamthodi - Sustainable Transport Practice Director
Sujith Kollamthodi has 14 years experience of working on transport-related issues and leading high profile transport studies, with particular expertise on transport emissions, low carbon vehicle technologies and fuels, environmental economics and policy analysis. Sujith has an extensive track record in carrying out work for the UK Government and the European Commission on transport-related sustainability issues, with expertise in road transport, railways, shipping, and aviation.
On behalf of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), in 2008 Sujith led the development of a CO2 marginal abatement cost curve model covering the UK road transport sector. This model was used to inform the development of the emissions reduction targets set out in the UK's Climate Change Act, and has been subsequently used by the CCC to inform their annual progress reports. More recently, Sujith directed a major, high-profile study for the European Commission that focused on developing a long-term policy framework for reducing GHG emissions from the transport sector between now and 2050.
Tim Murrells
Tim Murrells is a Principal Environmental Consultant at AEA. Since 1995, he has been Transport Emissions Manager for the UK's National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory and Greenhouse Gas Inventory Programmes for Defra and the devolved administrations (DA). Tim has led the tasks in providing the inventory for road transport emissions for the UK and DAs. He regularly provides high level technical support to Defra, the Department for Transport (DfT) and the DAs on issues concerning transport emissions, air quality and climate change, including emission forecasting and scenario modelling for a range of different transport policies. Key areas he has contributed to include the UK's Air Quality Strategy, and its reviews and evaluations, and the Ten Year Transport Plan.
Hazel Peace
Dr. Peace is AEA's global Knowledge Leader for Aviation. She is currently leading the technical direction (co PI) for the U.S. TRB ACRP 02-23, Alternative Fuels as a Means to Reduce PM2.5 Emissions at Airports project. She has also worked on assessments at other airports including Zurich, Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick. She was also involved with the Project for the Sustainable Development of Heathrow (PSDH) (dispersion) Modelling Inter-Comparison study for the UK Department for Transport and the resulting UK Department for Transport consultation exercise. This and other projects have allowed her to gain hands on experience with a number of airport specific emissions and air pollution dispersion models including LASPORT, EDMS and the UK ADMS.
Hazel is also on the U.S. AEDT review group and has worked directly with airports to manage their air quality. For example she helped develop the Air Quality Action Plans for Gatwick and Heathrow Airports and was involved in the development of UK national guidance produced by the Environmental Protection UK for air quality management and development of action plans. In addition she has advised and acted as a key reviewer for some of the UK Government’s most important air quality review and assessment technical guidance. Hazel has also managed and acted as technical advisor on a number of projects related to air quality and climate change in the aviation and air pollution field. She has produced a number of publications and presented papers at national and international conferences on the subject of air pollution and its source apportionment around airports.
Nikolas Hill
Nikolas Hill is AEA's Knowledge Leader in Transport Technology and Fuels. Nik is an experienced consultant and project manager who works predominantly in the area of transport, energy and climate change policy on UK and pan-European projects for both public sector and commercial organisations. Nik has particular expertise in developing transport cost and energy/emissions models for environmental policy appraisal and forecasting. Other key skills and experience are in assessing the energy and environmental impacts of transport and in LCA, technology assessment and economic evaluation of environmental impacts, policy appraisal and in carbon calculators. He is experienced in liaising with industry, Government and NGO stakeholders in the UK and across Europe.